#BF9CBC#BF9CBC

#BF9CBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.060 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CBC
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 18.50, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 21.84, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0516 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.06 329)
XYZ	xyz(42.4504, 38.4851, 52.7594)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CBC #9CBF9F

analogous

#B09CBF #BF9CBC #BF9CAA

triadic

#BF9CBC #BCBF9C #9CBCBF

tetradic

#BF9CBC #BFB09C #9CBF9F #9CAABF

square

#BF9CBC #BFB09C #9CBF9F #9CAABF

split-complementary

#BF9CBC #AABF9C #9CBFB0

monochromatic

#885884 #A777A3 #BF9CBC #D7C1D5 #EFE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BF9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BF9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CBC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CBC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.060 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9d0',
    500: '#bf9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cbc;
$custom-light: #d2b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CBC

secondary

#D6E1D7

accent

#A04D46

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CBC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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